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No 774
The Possessor of this Ticket shall be Entitled to any Prize Drawn
against its Number, in a Lottery granted by the General Assembly
of the State of Rhode Island & Provs in June session 1792, For Dispensing of
the Real Estate of George H. Picham,
No 12 a Lot of Land
One Acre Valued at £ 9 0 0 Sam J. Potter
Recorded the above Ticket Apr 20th 1875 by Peter G. Hunt T. Clk
To all People to Whome these Presents shall make known I Gideon
Clerk of South Kingstown in the County of Washington in State of Rhode Island aforesaid and
Cutting Pending do hereby declare that the Dr Gideon Clark my Notice of the General
Assembly of the State of Rhode Island & Provs of their session in October 1797 for Conveying several
of the Real Estate of John Downing as well as some other’s his first Deed dated 1800 and whereas
certain of the pieces have remained partly Grant and partly Reserved in the said Deed and whereas
I am now had by J Joseph Card Chartistian in the Town of Washington and
State aforesaid Goverment the premises I do hereby acknowledge and grant and confirm unto
said Joseph Card the piece of Land belonging to Dr Gideon Clark and I do further and
I do hereby grant Convey grant and convey in Law and in Fact to him the Dr Joseph Card and his
heirs & Assigns forever the certain Part or Piece of Land lying and being in Charlestown
After Conveying by Measurement I Declare that said Part comprises the whole more or less
and is bounded on hand as follows the 14th 1797 Northwester on edge of Gideon Belknap’s Lottery Partly
on Land belonging to the Heirs of Companions Joseph Card and Polly Potter on Land belonging to
Dr George Page & Potter and on East belonging to William Brown’s Lottery Partly
and Westly Potters Boundary of Ephraim Moore & Potter on Southly on my boundary the
first Bound mentioned together with all the Privileges and Appurtenances thereunto
and belonging on any wise Appertaining To have and hold the said Part
granted Premises unto the Dr Joseph Card his Heirs and Donors & Assigns forever
to possess and to have Only’s benefit to hold and enjoy the said Gideon Clark for
self my Heirs Donors & Assigns in perpetuity by the Power and Authority vested
in me by the Act of the General Assembly aforesaid Today Convey grant and
agree and grant with the Dr Joseph Card his Heirs and Assigns that the I Dr Gideon Clark
will and Defend the Law lying and Equiting here by Virtue of the said Grant and Heirs
might & Lawfully be Authority to fill and convey the same as a Good & lawful Estate of
inheritance in forever and I that the same is free Clear from any encumbrance
of what Name It Nature form that might in any Cause Madure Obstruct or make
void this Grant Deed & that I the Dr Gideon Clark shall in my Capacity/and
their will all of all times hereafter Harasses & Seize and I Defend the said
Granted Premises & him the Dr Joseph Card his Heirs and Assigns Against
the Lawfull Claims or Demands of Any and all Persons
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